Washington, DC

Corporate Trust

We use our broad market experience to guide corporate trustees, helping them grow their business while managing risk.

Our approach

The business of corporate trust is changing dramatically across global markets.

Recent market disruptions have created both obstacles and opportunities for players in all areas of the industry. Our job is to guide our clients through this evolving landscape with experience, insight and action.

We understand our clients, how they operate and, most importantly, the value of their customer relationships. We also understand their need to anticipate and avoid hazards. We make it our business to see the whole picture.

Our advice is clear, efficient, constructive and incisive, no matter how complex the task. Our clients turn to us in all types of financial products and assignments from start to finish, including

Representative Experience

Representation of Trustee and Custodian in transactions involving complex, multi-tiered grantor trust, REMIC trust and owner trust structures. We also represent the same client in related transactions involving additional grantor and REMIC trusts, as well as in their capacity as bailee and account bank for transitional periods.

Represent indenture trustees in foreclosing upon and liquidating over 40 CDOs and CLOs having an aggregate original face value of over $20 billion dollars.

Represent indenture trustee, administrative agent, and collateral agent with respect to approximately $2.5 billion dollars in debt secured by more than a dozen power plants in the Calpine bankruptcy cases in New York.

Cybersecurity Best Practices for Senior Bank Management

Bloomberg BNA Banking Report | March 21, 2016

Chicago partner Susan Feibus authored this column about important considerations for financial institutions to take in terms of policies and procedures that address the cyber threat environment and resilience to cyber attacks.